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Light Up Winter at Battersea Power Station, Christmas holiday camps and Thursday Theatre Club at Tara Arts

Last Updated on : 13th December 2018

Dear NappyValleyNetter,

Welcome to your weekly What’s On activity guide from NappyValleyNet!

So that’s it. For some of you school’s out, others may have another week. Whichever way you look at it, the Big Day is nigh. This time in two weeks we’ll be eating leftovers and surgically attached to the sofa and the Quality Street. Quite lucky then that Christmas comes but once a year…If you need a hand working out what to do next, check into our calendar from time to time. It’s full of bright and sparkly goings-on (read more).

On the move? We have all the bricks and mortar for sale or to rent in the neighbourhood via PrimeLocation and four agents you’ll know well. Just key in postcode, number of bedrooms and the school you have in mind, and hey presto – you might just unwrap your perfect pad! (read more)

Take a look at these homes from our Preferred Property Partners

For sale with John Thorogood is an unmodernised 4-bedroom house on one of the most sought-after streets off Northcote Road, wider-than-average with great potential to extend into the side return, loft and basement, and a south-facing garden (read more).

For sale with Rampton Baseley is a 5-bedroom family house with two en-suite bathrooms, a great sense of light and space throughout and grand proportions in all of the principal rooms, plus a large landscaped 80ft back garden (read more).

For sale with Portico is a 2-double bedroom split-level flat in a Victorian conversion on a popular street between Brixton and Clapham, with its own front door, a private south-west-facing garden and share of freehold (read more).

For sale with Marsh & Parsons is a 5-bedroom family house close to both Northcote Road and Battersea Rise, in excellent condition with a fully-extended kitchen opening onto a patio garden, a utility room in the cellar and a roof terrace with big-sky views (read more).

Festive fun on the doorstep

The wheel keeps on turning, the lights keep on flashing and the ice keeps on freezing at Winterville on Clapham Common. Don’t miss this treat in our midst – it’s full of fun, food and festivities (read more).

And Light Up Winter is on at Battersea Power Station with lots on offer for all the family throughout the Christmas period and into the New Year (read more).

Baby Show is on at the Unicorn Theatre this afternoon, so head up with your 6 to 18 month old for a musical and sensory delight (read more).

The Selfish Giant is a treat for all non-giants at the Clapham Omnibus until Christmas Eve, a tale of friendship and belonging told through puppetry and music (read more).

Room on the Broom Live on Stage has swooped into the West End for Christmas and is a real treat for any Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler fans. See all those lovely characters and friends come up off the well-thumbed pages and brought to life in front of their wide eyes (read more).

Bach to Baby comes to Balham tomorrow with their Winter Rhapsody offering a magical midwinter moment with a pair of pianists conjuring up Sugar Plum Fairies and a sleigh ride with a twist from Liszt (read more).

It’s the North End Road Festive Market in Fulham on Saturday, when it’ll be closed to traffic from Dawes Road to Lillie Road for all things Christmas to take over. Perfect family festive fun (and shopping!) (read more).

Or head to Wandsworth Town library on Saturday for a free Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Workshop. Find the golden ticket and have a whole lot of fun bringing singing and drama to your favourite Roald Dahl story! (read more)

There’s a Toddler’s Carol Service at St Mark’s on Battersea Rise on Sunday – informal, short and geared to the under 5s (read more).

And the Home-Start Wandsworth Carol Service is on at St Anne’s Church in Wandsworth next week with readings from celebrities as well as mulled wine and mince pies (read more).

Who can resist an Aladdin Singalong?! It’s on at Archer Street in Clapham where the entire team are professional West End performers. Go meet the Legend of the Lamp! (read more)

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave is back at Winterville on Sunday. Sunday like you used to! Show the children how it’s done! You haven’t lost it….(read more)

Christmas holiday clubs

If revision is on their Christmas list, Exceptional Academics is running an 11+ Booster Course at Belleville Primary starting this weekend and running after school next week too (read more) And in early January, there’s an 11+ Mock Exam(read more).

Open Air Fit is running its Kids Camps on Wandsworth Common. Great fun in the great outdoors (read more).

Role Model’s Creative Problem Solving Course is on at Finton House School for 8 to 11 year olds (read more).

And the Role Model’s Leadership Course is on too, teaching children how to support, encourage and motivate others (read more).

The Upbeat Christmas Course will have them rocking out in Fulham – eat your heart out, Jack Black! (read more)

The Avenue Cookery School has a Young Holiday Class for 8 to 16 year olds, the chance to create something fun and delicious (read more) and there’s a Fun Cupcake Decorating Class too – love this panda! (read more)

And there are auditions next week for those aged 10 and over to be part of a new Thursday Theatre Club at Tara Arts – they’d love to find all the talent in south-west London! (read more)

In other news…

If you have a baby bump, then you might want to head to the Kings Road this very evening for a free styling event: How to Style your Baby Bump(read more).

One for the early birds. It’s the December Yoga in the Walkways at Tower Bridge next week. Have London in your sights as you salute the sun (it might just help shift those Quality Street too!) (read more).

Bring your own Baby is back in Earlsfield soon bringing their comedy for grown-ups to those with babes in arms during daylight hours (read more).

A new term of Mum-Dance gets underway in early 2019 in Battersea, Balham, Wimbledon and beyond. Dig out those leg warmers, book in some me-time and go strut your stuff! (read more)

They say all good things must come to an end, and today’s the last day of our 12 Days of Christmas competition where we’ve given away a fabby prize to one lucky follower each day. Today, as ‘one for luck’, we have a stunning Aubade silk dressing gown from Amélies Follies worth £180. Feel glorious as you unwrap your stocking! (read more)